Career Opportunity Listing  

Long Prairie Packing, an American Foods Group Company has an opportunity for a Food Safety Coordinator position at our Long Prairie plant. As the Food Safety Coordinator your primary responsibility is to coordinate with the Production Supervisor and QA Technicians to manage all aspects of the Food Safety Program and ensuring that food safety tasks are completed in a timely manner. Your responsibilities will also involve improving food safety process and ensuring that we have all the proper documentation needed for food safety inspections/reviews.   As a Food Safety Coordinator, you will: - Oversee the daily production processes to ensure Food Safety procedures are being implemented and product integrity is maintained throughout the entire process. - Verify animal welfare weekly audit results and conduct quarterly audits to ensure maintenance of a robust Animal Welfare program - Conduct monthly GMP and Facility Audits - Conduct monthly Glass Audits - Review and Update HACCP Plans and all pre-requisite programs as often as necessary to be current with the actual process - Coordinate with the Trainers to ensure all Food Safety Topics are covered with all employees annually (line meetings conducted monthly) - Daily record review on all documents - Conduct Internal SQF Audit - Verify equipment calibration is conducted in accordance with written procedures - Review Pre-op Swab results to verify efficacy of the Cleaning and Sanitation programs. Initiate corrective action records for any Sanitation deficiencies and follow-up on corrective actions implemented to ensure effectiveness - Verify that Water Quality Testing is conducted according to established programs - Review Pest Control Reports and initiate corrective actions for any of the PC findings - Review Foreign Material program to ensure equipment maintains good operational condition and that verification tasks are completed in a timely manner - Review the Food Defense program monthly to ensure it remains current and conduct Food Defense test at least annually. - Review Transport and delivery protocols to ensure product integrity during the delivery process. - Ensure raw materials are from approved suppliers (cattle suppliers/packaging materials/processing aids) - Additional tasks may be required per management - NOTE: this description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.

Internship Dates: Full Time for approximately 12 weeks (May - August).  Position may extend through expected graduation date.    As a Human Resources Intern, you will gain knowledge and understanding of the business through hands on activities, coaching, and projects. A few learning opportunities include:  - Provide support to the Human Resources Team with staffing, benefits, payroll, time tracking, employee relations, and other HR related matters. - Support the development of best practices as it relates to training employees how to become better engaged and self-sufficient with the tools available to them. - Provide technical and functional support to HRMS end users to include downloading apps, resetting passwords, demonstrating functionality, etc. - Research and respond to user inquiries and issues. - Analyze and present findings on the most effective training delivery methods for the wide variety of employee skill levels and generational characteristics. Report training tips that resonate with the employees, discussing any direct correlation with retention and the employee experience, and knowing how to use the tools available to them. - Develop and deliver engagement strategies for employees. - NOTE: this description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.

Long Prairie Packing, LLC an American Foods Group Company has opportunities for General Production at our Long Prairie, Minnesota plant.   8-11+ hours/day, 5-6 days/week Hiring for day shift ONLY   As General Production - Harvest you will: - Perform a variety of specialized tasks in a warm, hot, humid or wet environment. - Properly use tools such as knives, hooks, or other specialized equipment. - Perform physical tasks which require upper body strength and constant repetitive movements. - Stand on hard surfaces the entire shift; use of stairs and personal protection equipment (PPE) is required in all areas of the facility. - Compliance with all food safety policies and regulations. - Adhere to all safety and housekeeping processes and procedures to ensure safety for our employees, customers and visitors. - Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions. - Work and collaborate with a diverse work population. - NOTE: this description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal. As General Production - Fabrication you will: - Perform a variety of specialized tasks in a cold, wet, or damp environment. - Properly use hook, knife, saw, band saw or other equipment to perform specialized tasks, remove bones, trim, skin, separate, sort or cut standard or premium cuts of meat to specifications in preparation for further processing or packaging. - Perform physical tasks which require upper body strength and constant repetitive movements. - Stand on hard surfaces the entire shift; use of stairs and personal protection equipment (PPE) is required in all areas of the facility. - Compliance with all food safety policies and regulations. - Adhere to all safety and housekeeping processes and procedures to ensure safety for our employees, customers and visitors. - Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions. - Work and collaborate with a diverse work population. - NOTE: this description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.

Long Prairie Packing, LLC,  an American Foods Group Company, has an opportunity for a Human Resources Generalist at our Long Prairie, MN plant.    As our Human Resources Generalist, you will: - Be part of the management team, provide leadership in HR department, and support the HR Manager. - Perform non-discriminatory recruitment and selection of production and office personnel.  - Conduct employee orientations.  - Become the employment authorization expert (Form I-9 Subject Matter Expert). - Educate eligible employees on benefit program, gaining proper enrollment information; handles benefit inquiries and complaints to ensure quick, equitable and courteous resolution. - Interpret and enforce company policies and ensure compliance with Federal and State employment, labor, and safety regulations. - Be the primary liaison with temporary staffing agencies, local job service personnel, community leaders, etc. - Coordinate personnel activities with proper supervisors to promote employee relations. - Coordinate training programs to ensure legal compliance such as workplace violence, diversity, anti-harassment, etc. - Partner with supervisors/managers in handling conflict resolution, corrective and disciplinary actions as well as assist in conducting workplace investigations.  Follow “open door” policy. - Prepare and submit reports as required. - Communicate and apply company programs, such as Employee Assistance, off or on-site seminars. - Support the HR department implement programs to improve the employee experience. - Coordinate training programs and employee meetings. - Be involved in employee engagement, retention, discipline, and terminations. - Manage a number of priorities simultaneously and prioritize workflow based on the department's priorities and goals and meet deadlines with a high degree of accuracy. - NOTE: this description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.

Location: Will vary depending on internship position Internship Dates: Full Time for approximately 12 weeks (May – August)   The Plant Operations Internship is a hands-on internship that is heavily engaged in day-to-day production activities manufacturing millions of pounds of beef on an annual basis. You will work with experienced employees to learn all aspects of either Harvest (Barn, Hide-On, Hide-Off, and Variety Meats) or Fabrication (Boning and Packaging) while developing managerial based skills. A few learning opportunities include: - Working alongside supervisors and employees in various departments to learn and understand daily production operations. - Identifying trends and making recommends improving plant processes and operations. - Partnering with management to develop and implement actions that protect company assets and profitability or set policies and procedures. - Developing management skills while leading and motivating others. - Interpreting, applying, and/or enforcing company policies, programs, rules, regulations, and safety rules in support of departmental and corporate goals for safety, quality, and production. - Active involvement in employee safety, food quality, and humane handling to ensure successful operations. - Completing projects assigned by your mentor. - NOTE: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.